Commissioner Nan Whaley

A question of law on valid petitions: Should Nan Whaley be on the ballot?

I’ve turned this over to the Dayton Daily News. I don’t know the answer, and don’t expect anything from the very partisan Montgomery County Board of Elections (they’ve split 2-2 on party lines twice in the last two months). I also doubt the city will enforce its own laws against an incumbent. On Sept. 8, Read More

See Esrati beheaded. Worst video ever. Candidates Night video

Shoot the video operator (me, with a goby pocket tripod)- I managed to cut my own head off. I thought about publishing it as a podcast- because the words are more important anyway- but, the reactions of Nan while Gary is speaking (I didn’t watch my own part) may be worth the price of watching. Read More

Nan, Joey, David and the Dayton Daily News editorial board

I could write a long post about the editorial board interview, I took three pages of notes. Probably more than the editorial board. We also had reporter Joanne Huist Smith, and Assistant Metro Editor Anthony Shoemaker in the room- and a photographer for a bit. Most of the questions came from Martin Gottleib and Ellen Read More

Sorry if I make you uncomfortable.

Fear of the unknown. Fear of change. Fear of having to think. Einstein said that  “We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” At one time, we thought the world was flat and the center of the universe. We also believed man couldn’t fly and the Read More

Thoughts on electibility of a City Commissioner

Dean Lovelace ran three times before he pulled out of a general election so that he could run in a special election and win. Before that, he had been pushing for dividing the city up into districts so that he would have a shot. After he was elected, he never once pushed for districts, and Read More

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